Utilities shall be provided as follows.
(A) The subdivider shall provide the subdivision with a sanitary sewer system by one of the following methods:
(1) A municipal or other public utility system is subject to the design standards and approval from that utility company. The subdivider must provide evidence that such system has the capacity and capability to serve the development and guarantees of a sufficient number of book-ons to serve all lots in the subdivision;
(2) A private sanitary sewer system to convey the sewage to a treatment plant, to be provided by the subdivider in accordance with the minimum requirements of the County Board of Health, the State Board of Health, and/or the State Stream Pollution Control Board. The subdivider must show that there are arrangements to ensure continued operation and maintenance of the system, that the system has, or will have, sufficient capacity to serve the development, and guarantees of a sufficient number of hook-ons to serve all lots in the subdivision; and
(3) A private sewage disposal system on individual lots, consisting of a septic tank and tile absorption field, or other approved sewage disposal system, when laid out in accordance with the minimum standards of the County Board of Health. Evidence must be provided that a private system can be installed on each lot.
(B) The subdivider shall provide the subdivision with a complete water supply system by one of the following methods:
(1) At the intersection of the center lines of all streets and also at the center points of all cul-de-sac turnarounds;
(2) A private community water supply system to be provided in accordance with the minimum requirements of the State Board of Health; and/or
(3) An individual water supply on each lot in the subdivision in accordance with the minimum requirements of the County Board of Health.
(C) Fire hydrants shall be required for all subdivisions except those having lots served by individual wells. Generally, fire hydrants shall be located no more than 1,000 feet apart for non-residential subdivisions and no more than 500 feet for any residential subdivision. All fire hydrants shall be constructed according to the state’s Fire Marshal Code and the standards of the applicable fire department and utility company.
(D) All utility facilities (including, but not limited to: gas; electric power; telephone and CATV cable) shall be located underground throughout the subdivision, except where not permitted by the utility company. All utility facilities existing and proposed throughout the subdivision shall be shown on the primary plat, and shall be reviewed by the applicable utility company. Underground service connections to the property line of each platted lot shall be installed at the subdivider’s expense. This section does not apply to minor subdivisions.
(1993 Code, § 8-215) (Ord. 87, passed 4-18-1988)